tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post6885803293918117228..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Posnanski: Murray Chass's Post On Musial Is Unethical, Vomitous, Grotesque, Devoid Of Basic Decencyallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-20849581374044787832011-03-29T00:22:57.569-07:002011-03-29T00:22:57.569-07:00Chass failed to verify a few key facts. One, acco...Chass failed to verify a few key facts. One, according to Ralph Kiner, it was Marty Marion of the Cards who represented the players in drafting the pension plan in 1946. Two, Musial did not discuss the offer from the Mexican League in 1946 with team owner, Gussie Busch, because Gussie Busch did not own the Cardinals until 1953. Three, Curt Flood Jr directly contradicts what Marvin Miller allegedly told Chass. Four, all accounts have Slaughter attempting to organize a boycott and that it was Musial who stopped the boycott from even being organized. Chass has attempted to spread lies and false facts, and is being taken to task for it.JewishVampireInMontereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414197074813869608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-52444674455432296842011-03-27T19:52:25.799-07:002011-03-27T19:52:25.799-07:00Murray Chass continues to prove the point that stu...Murray Chass continues to prove the point that stupidity has no bounds.FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-65682991480300175252011-03-27T16:54:54.422-07:002011-03-27T16:54:54.422-07:00Sad about Marvin Miller, too. He's long been a...Sad about Marvin Miller, too. He's long been a hero of mine and I hate to see his name connected with such crap. I remind myself that no one is perfect.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-49756763569422271542011-03-27T16:52:14.913-07:002011-03-27T16:52:14.913-07:00I liked this enough to click through and read more...I liked this enough to click through and read more, which is rare for me. I always enjoy the quotes Allan runs, but seldom need to go any further.<br /><br />I really related to Posnanski's feelings and memories of his moment of moral cowardice. I have two such moments in my memory. Both occurred when I was very young, in grade school, but I never forgot them, and never completely forgave myself for them, either. I feel I know how he feels when he thinks about that young man in the barber shop.<br /><br />Now I see how good it was that I never forgot those moments - how useful those memories have been, how they helped steer me as I got older. <br /><br />I haven't read Chass yet, don't think I will.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-79071521842663168572011-03-27T16:39:57.591-07:002011-03-27T16:39:57.591-07:00The Hardball Times also mentioned Chass's post...The Hardball Times also <a href="http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/some-msm-writers-should-be-stuffed-in-their-parents-basement/" rel="nofollow">mentioned</a> Chass's post.<br /><br />Someone posted a quote from Curt Flood Jr.: "I have not read Mr. Chass’s blog, however, the incident DID in fact happen to my father and my mother. But according to my parents, Mr. Musial was not in the restaurant. His doorman that night called Mr. Musial by telephone, but by the time it could rectified, my parents were pretty much fed up with not being fed up."<br /><br />And I posted: "And it was only a few months ago (mid-December 2010) that Chass <a href="http://www.murraychass.com/?p=2700" rel="nofollow">failed to verify a story</a> about Tom Verducci (for the first time ever in his entire career, he says!) and was <a href="http://www.murraychass.com/?p=2707" rel="nofollow">reminded</a> "that a reporter always has to check and verify his information". I guess it’s time for Murray The Blogger to be reminded yet again about the very first rule of journalism.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-21455023097879044112011-03-27T06:35:47.498-07:002011-03-27T06:35:47.498-07:00I posted a comment at Joe's blog wondering if ...I posted a comment at Joe's blog wondering if the text of the old column could be posted. (As far as I know, he's never in comments, though.)allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-14955923211530088752011-03-27T06:32:05.665-07:002011-03-27T06:32:05.665-07:00What I did not understand, though, was why writing...<i>What I did not understand, though, was why writing the column he described, his moment of moral cowardice, would have been a firing offense.</i><br /><br />Me, too. I'd like to read that column.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-23134070171432450892011-03-27T05:49:37.900-07:002011-03-27T05:49:37.900-07:00I saw this column the other day. I very much like...I saw this column the other day. I very much like everything JP writes, and nothing makes me happier than an angry polemic, smiting the heathen hip and thigh, so I found this particularly good.<br /><br />What I did not understand, though, was why writing the column he described, his moment of moral cowardice, would have been a firing offense. If everyone who has not spoken out against overheard racist remarks were to be fired, well, unemployment would be near-universal.<br /><br />Now the current column, that I can well imagine Chass's lawyers poring over for libel, and SI lawyers and editors also getting a bit nervous--but no one sane would dream of firing a writer who writes like this.johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.com